John,
I too have used the JCWhitney approach. It's cheap and it works, though
one misses the rewinder more than he would imagine.
About a month and a half ago I ordered another set of basic shoulder &
lap belts from JCW. I hope to be able to use the basic belts as
replacement for the belts that the dog ate in the company truck,
threading them into the rewinder. They were backordered, with a promised
date of 10 July. I'm still waiting. Slow service, outrageous shipping
charges, but the basic products are OK.
Bob
On Tue, 15 Jul 1997 07:54:43 -0400 "Christopher M. Delling"
<cdelling@ic.net> writes:
>John Steczkowski wrote:
>>
>> I am the new owner of a '75 MGB (55k miles). Everything on it is
>great
>> except for the inertial seatbelt reels. The drivers side is the
>better
>> of the two, but it feels like the spring is worn out that reels the
>belt
>> back in. On the passenger side, it often ends up with all kinds of
>slack
>> (wouldn't do a bit of good in a wreck). Moss has replacements for
>$140
>> each, but they aren't exact replacements (maybe that's good since
>the
>> ones I have are screwed up). Any other ideas?
>>
>> My other idea is to get a non-inertial three point belt for the
>driver's
>> side ($40 or so, "vintage style" in Moss' catalog) and put the
>better
>> functioning inertial reel on the passenger side (is that possible?).
>>
>> --
>> John Steczkowski
>> PSW Technologies, Inc.
>> 512-343-6666
>> stecz@pswtech.com
>> http://www.pswtech.com/~stecz
>> http://www.pswtech.com O-
>
>John-
>
>I had the same problem on my 77. I found a static belt in J.C.
>Whitney
>for about half the cost of the one Moss offers. They seem very high
>quality, and quite possibly to be the same as the one Moss offers.
>
>I am aware of no reason why you couldn't swap sides with the existing
>belts. Of course with the cost of the Whitney belt, you could replace
>both. FOr what its worth, seatbelt webbing does age, and lose
>strength.
>For maximum protection, any car with twenty year old seat belts is
>probably due for replacement.
>
>Regards,
>
>Chris
>
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